Audiodes

2024: Back For More. I wish I knew how to quit you, Audiodes. Pot committed. Every man or woman has his or her or their own cross to bear. Dad is the deliverer of karmic reply to what we’ve given. Every place in the world has something to say about dragons. Dragons are real. We’re never gonna see it unless we believe it. Do not react. Take a pause, take a breath, take a thought. Think from your he...

As we transition to the new year and Audiodes transitions into whatever it is going to become, here is a conversation with one of my oldest friends who had a different name and gender when we were kids. I share this with wishes for peaceful and gentle transitions to whatever comes next and whatever comes after that.

I'm changing my mind. We're still in Audiode 66 here. I've really been reflecting on the previous Audiode. I've thought about deleting it. I'm fine. I'm not in a hospital in Gaza so what do I have to complain about? It's getting ridiculous. I have to retreat and reassess. We're all complete failures and we're all complete successes. I've decided to pivot and pause. Be an Emptiness Provider? Comfor...

Big news! Some decisions have been made. Audiodes as we have known them are going to undergo a fundamental change. I want to connect with people. I miss the livestreams. Character is destiny. Is enough enough? I have failed by nearly every possible metric humankind can conceive of to measure success. I still might succeed if I don't quit.

Me in a car for a week.

Are disasters better than catastrophes? Absolutely. But are disasters disasters? Absolutely still. We Didn't Start The Fire. The American people are hurting right now. We're all in this together. Kids from small towns they know how to work, they know how to get stuff done, they know how to solve problems. We've got a country to save. What difference at this point does it make? The plight of the po...

"Are you trying to do this pro, though?" You gotta really wildly open your expectation to how much money and the sliding scale. "You live very simply and I've done that for years..." Pros and cons to everything. RPG odyssey. Reflections, thoughts, feelings. The touring without motor vehicles and airplanes has continued to be when-in-Romed. "America has been great ever since it first hatched." We'l...

April 2023: Waco, San Francisco, San Antonio, Ukiah, Austin.

This very special Audiode contains the audio liner notes to accompany the new album, After All This Time . It features voice memos, early demos, and alternative versions of the album's songs. Perhaps these recordings should remain unheard. But in the spirit of the journey being the destination and honoring the process and oversharing...here it is: me making my particular brand of song sausage.&nbs...

Love and joy and happiness all around. Full-sized Ziploc bag of several pieces of chocolate cake. Might as well. Use small squeezes of dish soap because it'll last you longer. There is not an inch of rust on Titanic. 2023, the place to be: Water Rabbit. Hope in life, longevity, peace, prosperity, a luck year. Quiet, elegant, quick, skillful, patient, kind, and above all else very responsible. I kn...

2022: How did it go? It's way more powerful than you'll ever be. So much let go. So much surrender. Consciousness of sensitivity. Sedentary, end of the year, solstice, dark, cold, hearth fire moment. I never want to leave a three mile radius again. Tidings of comfort and joy. After all this time. Time got away from me so easily, running wild and free so easily. Deep rest. Continuing to exist.

Herschel Walker. Knocking at the door of December. A Flilogy? A Flilogy of Flaudiodes? 0-6. End of a unit. Defeated Dow Chemical Heiress. Off the charts Amtrak experience. Financial energy. Coziness & blueberry pie.

Flaudiode follow-up + midterm election special! The Obama Hug. In America, capitalism is not going away. Charlie Crist vs. Ron DeSantis. Bernie supporters are responsible for the end of Roe v Wade. Ebola. Losing is not fun. After reviewing all of the facts, we are going to rate this thirty second ad as: Mostly False. China? Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis. You have to believe in trying to reconcile...

A very special Audiode...a Flaudiode. Travelogue of the Florida tour: Miami, Deerfield Beach, Ft Lauderdale, Ft Myers, Orlando, Gainsville, and Pensacola. Register to vote at vote.gov .

Emily D. Jones. The Wellness Center. Second grade was the pinnacle of existence. Communal consensus-building experience making rules for the slide. We're so much more interesting than a list of symptoms. Identity. Bruce Springsteen is a successful musician. Ambition vs. Contentedness. The Middle Ages. It might just come down to what you feel like doing at any given time. How to stay alive and make...

June gloom. Pride. Anti-Freedom/Freedom. There are a lot of folks that are full of love. What's wrong with this? Why is this threatening? (Huntington Beach interlude). What's the problem? Fabulous people of all ages, colors, income brackets...it's a sliding scale. Ten years. 70 square feet. Eleven or so naked men. It's okay to be alone. I'm gonna last, last for awhile, awhile at least. Gratitude f...

Education. The real owners. Truth seekers. Horrible crime. A racist according to his own writings. "I can't breathe." Statistics. Optical illusion. We turn our eyes away. Replacement. "Legacy Americans." A twilight zone of misinformation and disinformation. "Election integrity issues." Open question. Let's hope that it doesn't take place on our watch. (Please note: this Audiode was finished and sc...

Content Warning: This Audiode contains discussions of suicide and depression. Car-free JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park! Bobby Jo Valentine. Tell me about your gallbladder. Storage facilities. Mistranslations. Earthbound. You're so heavenly minded that you're no earthly good. Pancakes. Fear is the heart of love. The clothed homo sapien. Shame on you. The bunker. Illness vs. wellness. Labels. Twel...

Content Warning: This Audiode contains discussions of suicide and depression. Car-free JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park! Bobby Jo Valentine. Tell me about your gallbladder. Storage facilities. Mistranslations. Earthbound. You're so heavenly minded that you're no earthly good. Pancakes. Fear is the heart of love. The clothed homo sapien. Shame on you. The bunker. Illness vs. wellness. Labels. Twel...

The back fifty is the new back nine. Matt the Electrician. "We Imagined An Ending." Each person involved in a co-write has to give up a little bit for it to work successfully. Objectivity. Bruce Springsteen and U2 are objectively awesome. "When It's Time To Go." Experience absolutely affects the way that we relate to art. Wes Anderson. Remembering that Pearl Jam exists makes me angry. Best of list...

Content Warning: This Audiode contains audio that some listeners may find disturbing. Golden anniversary. Exclusive Bonus Content: patreon.com/johnelliott. Re-imagining, Re-engaging, Re-committing. Kitchen table issues. Time Machine to 2000. We must reverse the silent, rising tide of global warming and we can. John Mayer Thoughts. Von Rhodes checks in from Montana. Election Day: the day to choose...

No hurries or worries. The Water Tiger. Clown World. Viral sensation. Insanity. Success is ours. Let it be and set yourself free.

Down here at the end of the year 2021 review.

Confused. Conflicted. Chaos. Travel. Months and months and months. Giving thanks. Gratitude lists. "Are you good enough to go to heaven?" 2022 social media diet? "All Too Well (Jake's Version)."

Videodes?! Videodes. Sunday sermon on the train platform in El Paso, TX waiting on the Sunset Limited train. Four men discussing politics on the Coast Starlight train somewhere between Los Angeles and Emeryville, CA.